Stories to Read by Candlelight bookcover

Stories to Read by Candlelight

Jean Lorrain 

(Author)

Erin-Claire Barrow 

(Illustrator)

Patricia Worth 

(Translator)
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Description

Stories to Read by Candlelight contains eight stories first published in the 1890s by the French author, Jean Lorrain, translated here into English by Patricia Worth. Jean draws the reader back in time to his provincial childhood when his grandmother's seamstress would tell him stories that gave him goose bumps and made him jump under the covers. Here he recounts these same stories, or invents new half-lived half-dreamed stories born of objects found in an attic or an old house. The characters have a mythical quality, whether they be fantastical beings who long to be real, like the embroidered Princess Mandosiane, or real people like Madame Gorgibus, accused of being a wicked fairy. The stories fall between legends and fairy tales, a genre favoured by a few Decadent authors protesting against realism and regretting technological progress.

Product Details

PublisherOdyssey Books
Publish DateSeptember 17, 2019
Pages84
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781925652581
Dimensions6.0 X 4.0 X 0.2 inches | 0.1 pounds
BISAC Categories: Literary Fiction, Fantasy

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